The Tribune Media Company Charitable Foundation announced it is donating $50,000 to two organizations dedicated to assisting the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico following Hurricanes Irma and María.
The U. S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office finalized the third cycle of the federal agency’s Emerging Leaders training series in San Juan, graduating the 20 companies selected for the program, SBA Deputy District Director María de los Angeles de Jesús announced.
After the hit of Hurricane María, the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit, a program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust in collaboration and by federal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has joined the reconstruction process of the island with an educational campaign about the correct management of accumulated water, to reduce mosquito breeding sites in the island’s surroundings.
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